Allegri Confirms Dybala And Morata Are Absent Against Chelsea In Champions League

Paulo Dybala (Twitter @juventusfc)

JAKARTA - Juventus won their first home win of the season after beating Sampdoria 3-2 in Serie A, Sunday night. However, that success came at a price because two of their mainstay strikers, Paulo Dybala da Alvaro Morata were injured

The Argentina international scored with a low shot into the bottom corner in the 10th minute but limped off shortly afterwards with a muscle problem.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said after this match that Dybala and Morata were ruled out of the Champions League match against European champions Chelsea on Wednesday, as well as the Turin derby against Torino three days later.

"We hope they come back after the international break, but this is part of football," Allegri told Sky Italia.

"Now it happened to us, later it could happen to others. We have to put in a good performance to make up for their absence."

On Monday morning, Dybala and Morata arrived at J Medical to undergo a medical examination and assess their recovery period.

Allegri's side currently move up to ninth in the standings after collecting eight points, three ahead of Sampdoria who are 14th but eight points behind leaders AC Milan.

Leonardo Bonucci doubled Juve's lead from the penalty spot before Maya Yoshida pulled one back for Sampdoria to extend the hosts' run of clean sheets in league games to 20 games.

Manuel Locatelli scored his first goal for the Bianconeri in the second half, but Antonio Candreva's last-minute goal left Juve anxious before recording a second successive league win.